Button.



J. V. PILCHBR.

BUTTON.

APYLISATIONIILED MAY 15, 1911.

1,051,849. Patented Jan.28, 1913.

Y broad base 14, pwvens he. .st-ud fmr being .theaid of any mpementfeacix hmmm-haw sla'fely'gmspe by g persons finger and nidi 'at any two sides, and to render the appear NETE STATES FFCE- JOHN V. PILCHER, OF LGUISVLLE, KENTUCKY.

BUTT QN.

Speeilsam of Letters Patent.

A.pplication led may 15, 1911.

Patented Jan.

Sekrsd No. $327368.

To ail 'wknm it may @omc-m r Be 1t known that I, JQHN V. PHC, ma, a

State of Kentucfzy7 have invented ce; 'muy new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the follwing is' :2. specca'im. L

This invention rela/ces in genera to tha@ class of garmenthutions which' are adapted. to be. attached to a gmmm; Gr deache ther@ fram by the. fingers of' ih@ operator without ing-means for lmldng itself attached when in service; and mre pqr'culmy to ink provemens in tht; button which bhs sub ject. of my former Paem '775,455'.

The object of the. n'vantiox. is o Miam ha locking key to hold tsef directly will@ button head either' in ifs loced or mxociad condit'n7 to adapt the 'key to be @axially and ance of the but-t0n mare, nishe; mental. I

To this e'udmy invention ccmssts :7n the. construct-ion and combination of olm- I ing a but-ton, hereinafter may@ uliy .(e.- scribed, and" partculmy Stawd 'in tha cmms. referencbeng had to ihe ancompmxymg drawing in which z Figure 1 is a mp View of a buion ila-@m ing to my invention. Fig. 2 is' a 'verim seaton of *bhe same through the whae length of the, key le'fs. Fig. y3 is a perspective View of the keywlthout its cap. Fig. s a wrtical section of th may and cap ai; righi andes tothe section shown in Fig. 2. Fin". 5 s OWS the form of the key hhm. 6 corresponds with Fig. 2, excepting a iznojiifi.-

mi ornacution of he key hips.

Numeral 'i represens the top plate, 8 he bot-tom plate, and 9 a ying, which tin-"ee parts comprise the 'Dutton hemh stud 10, having a nek 11, a broader Shadder 12, and a point 13 to penemte the fabric of the gulmnt 23, is pushed thzough he same and up thrnugh th@ hing C and a pulcd thmugh. A key 15, punched 'r blank form shown in Fig.. 5. having q i6. bent downward t0 pass hromgh bwasos 1.7, in h@ top plate, and gauges il?, fmfver-,L at. the Sides, inserts is s :m shoulder L2, and batwer hui mi@ ih 9, to ok the bu'ntcn to he su mf?. '1

legs l, aftei anmsxg the top plaie; are bmugh. .new enough togethey at their ower ends ox' feet 18, enga@ the neck and shoulder of the sud, and the (tI-05531031* 20, hehjf; hroae than f i remaining Spacfe bw wenn he feet, pria-veais he key from 'being Sepamd from. Ehe. head Whei noi: in seve. While the hay may so Mosely under-the shouder *hat ih@ buf/.011 head will rotaze fre-:fy annui. yat any pull on the, button hrngs die kfry hearing and hfi 1.31'. .i provide @ach t0n refex'ref to, th {anges 1.9, Weihe pr sheup to he Quick under ha maiis, therefor@ have prmfd'ef the key with a cap 2%, haw/lng smo'hly inlined und@ edgs ihm; cove' and hasf; sjmges am.

hips, a Y of Sides; 'w remove he key. Buti2 15 found ihm the main advantag in ex tmng (he, cap 24 eut over the hips 21, is ha. ii @Rabies the @peruor io seize tha key a@ wge sics and hereby to roch it ta and oin he plane of the vlegs Whie puiing tu xtrae it. This creeping action first raising' me leg and then the other en uhles the key to be .Withdrawn more easiy han can be done by sezng the cap at the apring mvward rm.'

. extmz. in cyce Mfnm ovm. the kayv and, this mp may be saey grasped at slots in it and a Crossbar between; a bot-tom plete and a ring with an opening through it to admit the said shoultler of 'the stud; a key having legs tted to enter the said slots q in the head and to extend their feet between the stud shoulder and the surrounding ring; the legs having hlps projecting close under the top plate. 2.: n button, a head; a stud adepte to enter the bottom and a key adapted to enter the top thereof; the entering portion of the key being two legs with feet to engage the l stud and hips to engage the top of the head l flanges projecting beyond the side lines of the legs at the top of the key; and a cap having smoothly turnecl-under edges engagging the said flanges and extending freely over the said hips, whereby the key may be seized at points over the two legs for removal.

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

OHN V. PILCHER. 'Witnesses A. P. VIRDEN', A. CLl''oN PXLCHER. 

